National Library of São Tomé and Príncipe

Biblioteca Nacional de São Tomé e Príncipe
(National Library of São Tomé and Príncipe)
Country São Tomé and Príncipe
Established May 2002
Location São Tomé
Collection
Legal deposit yes
Other information
Director Nazaré de Ceita
Website www.bibliotecadigitallusofona.org/s-tome-e-principe/ (Portuguese)

The National Library of São Tomé and Príncipe (Portuguese: Biblioteca Nacional de São Tomé e Príncipe) is located in the capital city of São Tomé in São Tomé and Príncipe in the neighborhood of Náutico. The library opened in 1999. The library maintains the National Bibliography, contains the country's historical archives and the theses and dissertation bank and is a legal deposit. It is at an intersection of two avenues Independência and Nações Unidos (United Nations), the latter is the ES3.[1][2]

The was responsible under the legal deposit system in, it was created under lat no. 28684 of March 18, 1952, during the colonial rule. It styled administrative were pending for renovation. Nearby is National Lyceum is located nearby and Avenida 12 de Julho (also as Avenida Marginal/12 de Julho.

History

Before the national library opened, São Tomé Municipal Library was the most important library in the colony housed about 3,500 to 5,000 books.[1][2]

Since independence, new services were added at the municipal building. As a result, the library fell in decay and later was closed. It was divided between an institution created between the Francisco José Tenreiro Hall of Literature and the Scientific and Technical Documentation Center inside the capital.

In which the owners that claimed the return of that space in the library were put, the state created the Francisco José Tenreiro Cultural Center, named after one of the country's greatest writer. It made up of the only public library that worked in the nation for about ten years. In a part of the 1990s, it started to bring new books from Santomean district capitals[3][1][2]

After independence, French development aid was made in the mid-1980s and later the Portuguese Gulbenkian Foundation helped before the foundation of the library.

In 1994, a newer library was planned by the National Assembly. Construction was planned and financed by China, and was opened on May 2002.[1][2]

In March 2015, the National Library began a cooperation with the University of Minas Gerais (UMG) from Belo Horizonte, Brazil, began its project to promote reading for children and teenagers. International children's and youth literature in the Portuguese language are driven in vans and taken to villages and made available in small villages.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "S. Tomé E Príncipe: Biblioteca Nacional De S. Tomé E Principe" (in Portuguese). Biblioteca Digital Lusófona. Retrieved 2017-02-21.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Biblioteca Nacional" (in Portuguese). Serviços Turistícos de São Tomé e Príncipe. Retrieved 2017-02-21.
  3. 1 2 Cristóvão, Fernando (2006). Dicionário Temático da Lusofonia. Texto Editores, Lisbon, Luanda, Praia and Maputo. p. 152. ISBN 972-47-2935-4.

Coordinates: 0°20′24″N 6°44′14″E / 0.3401°N 6.7371°E / 0.3401; 6.7371

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